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Key Image Eglwys Sant Bedrog/St Pedrog’s Church
LL53 7TU Pwllheli (Llanbedrog)
United Kingdom
Denomination: Anglican
Congregation: Bro Enlli (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Meirionnydd, Synod Gogledd Meirionnydd)
Geogr. Coordinates: 52.85546° N, 4.48257° W
Geo Location
Reference year: 1254
Architectural style: Gothic
Building type: Single-nave church
Description: Early Gothic single-nave church with square south west tower
Name derivation: From St Petroc
Building material
  • Built of rubble, slated roof
Pulpit
  • Octagonal pulpit (19th cent.)
Font
  • Octagonal font (19th cent.)
Noteworthy
  • Oak screen between chancel and nave (early 16th cent.)
History:
1254:   First written record; the building probably dates from the early 13th cent.
16th cent.:   Extension and/or rebuilding at the east end
1827:   Repairs performed (according to a tablet in the tower)
1895:   Construction of the tower and the vestry
1995:   Vestry rebuilt and extended
Important persons:
Patron:  Petrocus (Engl. Petroc, Welsh Pedrog, Fr. Perreux, d. c. 564, Welsh hermit, later abbot of Padstow (Cornwall), patron saint of Cornwall and Devon)
Sources
British Listed Buildings: Church of St Pedrog, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300004297-church-of-st-pedrog-llanbedrog#.W-NAFich3OQ, retrieved 07/11/2018
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